Travel tips

How to deal
with a flood emergency

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) http://www.fema.gov - Has a section on "Help After a Disaster" that offers information about applying for federal assistance, finding food, clean water, housing and counseling after a flood.

The Iowa State University Extension Service http://exnet.iastate.edu/information/Flood/ - Has a primer on cleaning up after a flood, including deciding what food to use or discard, how to dry and sanitize household goods, what to do with electric appliances and how to safely return to a flood-damaged house.

Disaster Relief http://www.disasterrelief.org - A combo site of Red Cross and CNN provides news (from CNN) and a get help/give help section that allows you to search for a local Red Cross chapter. Also a library of general disaster coping information.